Jason Chayes, the production director of Hearthstone. "We've had a lot of feedback about that. Hearthstone began like all our other games which is to say we start with the games we are excited about here, what are the games we're playing in our lunchbreaks or with our buddies at the weekend, and for a very long time now Blizzard has been a place where there are a lot of collectible card game players."

You can expect one more meaningful patch [for the beta] with some cool features," says Chayes. "But we're getting pretty close now – we've said in the past it's our goal to get the game out this year, and we're feeling good about hitting that."

This is correct - if you are playing on your iPad, you will use your Battle.net account to log into Hearthstone. All of your progress is the same whether you are playing from the comfort of your own home or on the go on your iPad.

Sounds maybe stupid but the main reason for me to purchase an ipad is to be able to play Hearthstone with it, with the current progress which i have on my battle.net account.

Having the iPad version of Hearthstone connect with your Battle.net account so collections are shared across both devices is our current plan.

iPad version just means iOS version right? As in you can play it on the iPhone instead if you so desire to?

Not necessarily. Our goal is to launch Hearthstone for iPad first, then we can evaluate other mobile device options.

Zeriyah can we get some kind of confirmation that Android support is at least being discussed? It seems silly to forget about over 60% of the tablet market share.

It is being discussed, but I have no information to share regarding Android support at this time.

As someone who has played a lot of Magic:TG, as well as all Warcraft games, they did an amazing job with this game! I don't feel myself getting sucked in but if I have some minutes to spare, I can play a few games and really enjoy it.

Players who begin their adventures in Naxxramas during the launch event will gain free access to the first wing: the Arachnid Quarter.

The launch event will last roughly a month or so, meaning you’ll have plenty of time to get your foot in the door—we’ll have more details to share about that later on. The web-choked corridors of the Arachnid Quarter are home to the bosses Anub’Rekhan, Grand Widow Faerlina, and Maexxna. Defeating these bosses will add new cards to your collection and give you a taste of the dangers that await you deeper inside Naxxramas.

After the Arachnid Quarter, the next four wings can be purchased for 700 gold per wing or $6.99 USD per wing. Players can earn the in-game gold needed to unlock the next wing of Naxxramas by completing various quests or emerging victorious from the Arena, or they can choose to unlock the next available Naxxramas wing using real money.

If you’re looking to swing open multiple gates at once, Curse of Naxxramas bundle packages are also available.

Curse of Naxxramas goes live globally for Windows, Mac, and iPad on Tuesday, July 22, starting with the Arachnid Quarter, the first of five creepy wings that will be released weekly after the gates are opened.

The Arachnid Quarter will be free to play during the Curse of Naxxramas launch event, which will last roughly a month. Those brave enough to step foot into the Arachnid Quarter during the launch event will unlock it permanently for free.

We’ve got our sights set on a release for Android tablets, our next new platform, before the end of the year; we’ve just got a few more mana crystals to polish and some Angry Chickens to chase down.

We’re also close to having Hearthstone out to our iPhone and Android phone users, but it’s become clear that we need a little more time to get that version right. While we have a build up and running internally, it needs a bit more work, and we don’t feel like we’ll be ready to share it with you until early next year.